We welcome a new face to the Economics Department this year, Assistant Professor Ray Miller! Dr. Miller received his doctorate in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh in 2015. From 2007-2010 he worked for the American Institutes for Research, a behavioral and social science research and evaluation organization in Washington DC. Prior to joining the […]
Please congratulate Professor Elissa Braunstein on being appointed the Interim Chair of the Department of Economics, effective July 1, 2018. Dr. Braunstein is a Professor of Economics at Colorado State University, as well an Editor for the journal Feminist Economics. Most recently she worked for 2.5 years as a Senior Economist at the United Nations […]
Economics Department Professors Edward Barbier and Joanne Burgess co-authored an article with Professor Thomas Dean of the College of Business titled “How to pay for saving biodiversity” which was published in the prestigious journal Science on May 4, 2018. They argue that to preserve the rich array of species around the world, corporations will need to engage and contribute […]
The School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES) at Colorado State University has announced the selection of four Global Challenges Research Teams and six Resident Faculty Fellows from a competitive field of proposals. The awards are intended to encourage interdisciplinary understanding of complex global environmental issues, foster collaborative cross-campus partnerships, and support sustainability research at CSU. Congratulations to […]
The Economics Department’s own Professor Edward Barbier has received CSU’s 2018 Scholarship Impact Award. This award is one of CSU’s highest for accomplishment in research and recognizes those who have had significant national and international impacts. To our knowledge, this is a first in the history of the award for CLA and for Economics! “I am honored […]
Associate Professor Sammy Zahran is the lead author of an article about the study being published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS). Professor David Mushinski is a co-author. Based on a detailed statistical analysis of multiple datasets by Zahran and his co-authors, the Flint Area Community Health and Environment Partnership (FACHEP) […]
The Department of Economics is pleased to host Dr. Samuel Bowles as our seminar speaker on Thursday, 2/1/18. Samuel Bowles, (PhD, Economics, Harvard University) heads the Behavioral Sciences Program at the Santa Fe Institute. Bowles’ research includes theoretical and empirical studies of political hierarchy and wealth inequality and their evolution over the very long run. […]
Professors Stephan Weiler, Dawn Thilmany McFadden and Becca Jablonski hosted a webinar on rural economic development Jan 8th with The Colorado Trust, a non-profit dedicated to achieving health equity in Colorado. The webinar focused on economic development approaches and solutions working in diverse rural areas, with specific examples of where CSU has partnered with communities. See […]
Recently the Coloradoan reached out to our own Professor Stephan Weiler for his expert input on how the proposed entry fee increase could effect Rocky Mountain National Park. Surprisingly, the impact would not all be good. Read the full story here.
The 16th World Congress of the Association for Social Economics conference, “Putting the Social Back into Economics”, is being held right here at CSU June 11-13, 2018! Immediately preceding the conference there will also be a two-day summer school in social economics on June 9-10, 2018. Summer school participants will be provided the opportunity to […]
